Siemens Competition Finalists on Science Channel
Friday, December 12, 2008
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Posted by: Maureen Cooke
On Monday, the Siemens Foundation announced the highly anticipated results of the Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology. The nation’s brightest minds and the innovators of tomorrow bravely took on groundbreaking research of life-threatening infections and deadly side effects of chemotherapeutics. Wen Chyan, a senior at Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science in Denton, Texas, won the $100,000 scholarship in the individual category for chemistry research on combating hospital-related infections. Sajith M. Wickramasekara and Andrew Y. Guo, both seniors at North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in Durham, North Carolina, won the $100,000 prize in the team category, which they will share equally, for genetics research of chemotherapy.
Learn more tonight on Discovery Brink , a new show on The Science Channel produced by CBS. A feature on the national finalists airs
today, December 12, at 10 PM (ET/PT), rerunning at Saturday 1:00 am, Sunday 5:00 pm, and Monday 5:00 pm.
Visit the Siemens Foundation site to read more about these amazing researchers and the Siemens Competition
About Brink:
Designed as the next-generation source of interactive science information on television and on the web, Brink is the premier series for immersing viewers on the frontlines of cutting-edge breakthroughs in technology, research, inventions, discoveries and the mysteries of the scientific world.
The series explores people who are on the brink of changing our lives, and will also include content generated from scientists, organizations, universities and viewers from around the world. The series provides viewers with a clear understanding of the impact and relevance science has in our lives today, and offers significant insights into how science may profoundly change our lives tomorrow.
Each half-hour episode combines short-form reports on the latest global science news with vital interviews with prominent scientists. Brink's innovative format will also include unusual segments covering a range of subjects from peculiar, avant-garde research to "backyard inventors" who are pushing the limits of science in their own way - such as building their own space craft.
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